Rochester Grange Fair

August 17is coming fast. Rochester Grange invites all gardeners to come and enter your fruits, flowers, and vegetables. Get your friends and neighbors to enter for some friendly competition and bragging rights. Entries can be brought in Friday, August 16from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm and 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. Judging will begin as soon […] Read more »

Harbormaster Reinforces Responsibility for Boat Wakes

            In the boating world, understanding navigational rules and regulations is paramount to safe enjoyment on the water. Boaters should fully understand best practices and – this is where it gets tricky –common courtesy. It seems that one issue that is currently troubling boats moored in Mattapoisett’s harbor: dangerous wakes thrown out by boats exceeding the […] Read more »

Marion Art Center

Auditions – The Women of Lockerbie by Deborah Brevoort – The Marion Art Center (MAC) has announced open auditions for all roles in the upcoming production of The Women of Lockerbie by Deborah Brevoort. Auditions will be held on Monday, August 5, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm and Wednesday, August 7, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm at […] Read more »

National Night Out

            Please join the Mattapoisett Police Department and other Public Safety Agencies from the Tri-Town area on Tuesday, August 6from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the Old Rochester Regional High School front field. National Night Out is a nationwide event to bring communities together and provide an opportunity for the community to meet the members of […] Read more »

ZBA Wants Police OK for Shooting Range Permit

            Although the Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals wasn’t opposed to a tactical training and shooting range at Steven Morrell’s 0 County Road property, there would be no special permit for the operation until at least getting a written OK from the Rochester police chief.             Morrell has an extensive background in the field, having served as […] Read more »

Rochester Council on Aging

A Retirement Reception for the Rochester Senior Center Director, Sharon Lally will take place on August 29from 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm. All are welcome to attend this event. It is open to the public. Refreshments will be served.              Lally has been the Director of the Rochester Senior Center for over 13 years, and has been […] Read more »

Elizabeth Taber Library

Elizabeth Taber Library’s Bridge Tournament will take place on Friday, August 2.Doors open at 1:15 pm, play begins at 2:00 pm. Join us for our summer Bridge Tournament to benefit the library. Duplicate and Social Bridge, fabulous raffle items, prizes, and refreshments! $35 per person entry fee. Register at the library on online, find instructions for […] Read more »

ConCom Says, Yes, Dogs Allowed at Sprague’s Cove

            Now that the Marion Conservation Commission has jurisdiction over the maintenance of Sprague’s Cove, the commission’s administrative assistant, Lissa Magauran, told the ConCom on July 24 that she has had some visitors in the office inquiring about whether or not dogs are permitted there, given its proximity to Silvershell Beach where dogs are not allowed […] Read more »

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in the Coffee Shop

            Back in the day – my day that is – the most important thing about summer was getting a summer job.              My parents were the children of subsistence fishermen, day laborers, shop owners, foragers; that is to say, people who worked hard to scrape together enough resources to survive. A work ethic deeply engrained by […] Read more »

SharkCam at the MNHM

Join Research Engineer Amy Kukulya and learn about the use of underwater robotic vehicles to study shark behavior with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution SharkCam on Thursday, August 8at 7:00 pm at the Marion Natural History Museum(MNHM). Suggested donation to the Marion Natural History Museum: $10.00 members, $12.00 nonmembers, $15.00 for families with children.             SharkCam research vehicle […] Read more »